Brake



L. K. BOND Sept. 29, 1936.

BRAKE Filed' Feb. 11, 1936 .ZwmizceEflwld,

BY myzaw efi ATTORN EY Patented Sept. 29, 1936 2,055,835

UNITED STATES ,PATENT OFFICE BRAKE Lawrence K. Bond, Miletus, W. Va.

Application February 11, 1936, Serial No. 63,414

4 Claims. (Cl. 188204) This invention relates to a brake rigging for Bell crank levers l8 are pivoted to the ends of motor vehicles and is especially adapted for eflithe heads 8 of the supports and have pivoted ciently operating four wheel brakes and has for thereto rods or similar elements I9 which are in the primary object the provision of a device of turn pivoted to the arms 2 of the brakes. Links 5 this character which may be readilyadapted to a 20 are pivoted to the bell crank levers and to motor vehicle chassis and to the brake arms of plates 2|. The plates are pivoted to the flexible the brakes and when actuated to apply the brakes ele ts A turning of t Shaft in One will deliver an equal pull on each brake arm so direction will cause apull to be made on the brake that the brakes will have equal braking action to a o b g a u the application f the brakes- 10 prevent skidding of the vehicle and permit the Due to the arrangement of the bell crank levers, 10 latter to be brought to a stop as rapidly as desired flexible elements It] and shaft l3 an equal pull with maximum safety. will be made on each arm of the brakes and con- With these and other objects in View, this ins q nt y r g a ut an v application of all vention consists in certain novel features of confour brakes. A brake rigg Of this Character struction, combination and arrangement of parts W ll mp n e f v ia n n ju m t 15 to be hereinafter more fully described nd made in the several brakes so that each brake will claimed. be equally applied even should its adjustment For a complete understanding of my invention, vary f o t Other b a s The pp 5 and reference is to be had to the following description Shaft have the fleeting action to assure an v and accompanying drawing, in which pull to be placed on each brake arm during the 20 Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view showing a, operation of the brake operating medium I6 into brake rigging constructed in accordance with my brake pp y positioninvention and adapted to a motor vehicle chassis Having described the invention, I Claim: and to the brake arms of a four wheel brake. A brake rigging mp s g s pp ts p v t- Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view ally mounted to a chassis, bell crank levers piv- 25 showing the brake rigging. otally connected to said supports, means connect-' Referring in detail to the drawing, the nu r l ing the bell crank levers to brake arms of brakes, I indicates a fragmentary portion of a motor links pivoted to the bell crank levers, plates conhicle chassis and 2 the brake arms of four wheel fleeting the links in P and an Operating means brakes. The chassis I has transverse members Connected to Said p 3 connected by a support 4. T-shaped supports A bra r g mp is s p s piv t- 5 are pivoted to the transverse members and exally mounted to a Chassis, bell crank leVers p tend forwardly and rearwardly with respect to the a y connected to sa supp s, m a s nn tchassis l. Each T-shaped support i clud ing the bell crank levers to brake arms of brakes,

stem 6 and a head 8, the latter being pivotally links pivoted to the bell crank levers, plates con- 35 connected to the stem. Brackets 9 are secured fleeting the links in pairs, flexible elements p to the support 4 and have journaled thereto ally connected to the plates and extending in the grooved pulleys In which are arranged i longidirection of each other, guide means for the flextudinal alignment with the stems 6 of the sup ible elements, and an operating means connected ports 5. One of the grooved pulleys is in a plane to t flexible elements. slightly above the other. Flexible elements In A brak ri ng comprising up ts p v engage with the pulleys and slide through guides ally mounted to a Chassis, hell Crank levers D II secured to the stems of the supports 5. One ot ly connected to said pp m n nof the flexible elements passes under one of the necting the bell crank levers to brake arms of pulleys while the other flexible element passes brakes, links pivo to the bell Crank levers, 45 over the other pulley. The flexible elements exp a s Connecting the links in Pairs, flexible tend forwardly and rearwardly with respect to the ments pivotally connected to the plates and exchassis and their adjacent ends are pivotally contending in the direction of each other, guide nected to the ends of an arm l2. The arm is means for the flexible elements, an arm having its secured to an operating shaft l3 journaled to the ends pivotally connected to the flexible elements, 50 chassis, as shown at [4. An arm [5 is secured to a journal shaft secured to said arm and including the shaft I3 to which a brake operating medium l6 sections, a universal joint connecting said sections is connected. The shaft I3 includes sections conto permit the arm to have a floating action with nected by a universal joint ll which permits the the pivotally mounted supports, and an operatarm I2 to have a floating movement. ,ing means connected to said shaft. 55

4. In combination with a motor vehicle chassis and four wheel brakes having arms, T-shaped supports pivoted to the chassis and extending in opposite directions and each including a stem and a head, pivots between the heads and the stems of the supports, bell crank levers pivoted to the ends of the heads, connecting rods pivoted to the bell crank levers and to the arms of the brakes, links pivotally connected to the bell crank 10 levers, plates pivotally connected to the links, flexible elements pivotally connected to said plates, guides mounted to the stems and slidably receiving the flexible elements, rollers journaled to the chassis and engaged by the flexible elements, an arm connecting the flexible elements, a shaft journaled to the chassis and secured to the lastnamed arm and including sections, a universal joint connecting the sections, and an operating means connected to the shaft.

LAWRENCE K. BOND. 

